A committed Bridewell rounds out the Aragón round in P7 and P9

The sixth WorldSBK round draws to a close for Superbike Advocates Racing, and what a race weekend it’s been for the Anglo-Australian squad! After finishing top five in Saturday’s Race 1, category rookie Tommy Bridewell crossed the line seventh and ninth in Sunday’s races at Spain’s Motorland Aragón.

The day began with a brief warm-up, which allowed the team to carry out some final technical checks ahead of the day’s two races. Thanks to his strong qualifying result on Saturday, Bridewell again lined up on row three of the grid, in eighth place, for the morning’s Superpole race. This ten-lap sprint took place in much cooler conditions with respect to yesterday’s Race 1. Making a clean start, Tommy was lying ninth through the opening stages before gaining one position on lap four. Part of the chasing group in what was a very close fought ten-lapper, Bridewell remained within three seconds for the entirety of the race. Progressing to seventh in the final stages, the British rider completed another strong race well inside the points zone.

P7 in the Superpole race meant that Tommy lined up in seventh place on the grid for the weekend’s second and final long race. Starting well when the lights went out, Bridewell positioned eighth through the initial stages of this 18-lap race. Part of a fierce group of around six riders, the British rider worked to maintain a consistently fast pace. Struggling a little more with grip in the second half of the race, Tommy was not going to miss out on another top ten finish today. Pushing hard all the way to the line, he powered his Ducati Panigale V4R to final ninth position, rounding out what has been an extremely positive sixth championship round in style.

Having scored a total of 21 points across the weekend’s races, Tommy now lies sixteenth in the general standings (40 points). Superbike Advocates Racing will remain at Motorland Aragón for a two-day test on June 1-2, before preparing for round seven, set to take place at Italy’s Misano World Circuit – Marco Simoncelli on June 12-14.

Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Racing #46)
“A really good, strong weekend. I’m super proud of the team’s work, my riding, and the way we continue to approach this season. I think this weekend was the first real showing of exactly where we are. Ultimately, for me to come away from this round with a career best of P5, plus a P7 and P9, is an incredible result for me and the team. I’m very conscious that we need to keep our feet on the ground, but we of course take the positives! A great weekend, the team’s done an unbelievable job and the bike’s worked phenomenally well. Now we just need to keep progressing and doing what we’re doing. Let’s see how we fare in Misano.”